Late last year, the United Nations published the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, or Global Goals). The main difference between the former millennium goals and the new goals is that the latter ...

Eight years ago, the world signed up to an unprecedented project. At a United Nations summit in September 2015, 193 countries agreed to work towards 17 goals with the aim of improving the lives of all ...

Much angst is being expressed over the fact that the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are off track. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres sounded the alarm in July: “Halfway to ...

Stakeholders across the development sector have intensified efforts to mobilise grassroots communities for the effective ...

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New York, 18 September – Gathering at the SDG Summit on 18 to 19 September, world leaders agreed today to urgently step up their efforts to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), our global ...

What Are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? In 2015 the United Nations created a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and ...

The goals must become more adaptable to escalating crises of ecological breakdown, global pandemics, and rising inequalities, and the UN should introduce regular review rounds where countries can ...

If you are looking to achieve positive sustainable impact through investing, you likely use one global central framework: the 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed by the United Nations in 2015.

Armed conflicts are slowing progress. For example, ScienceDirect finds conflicts set back more than half of the SDGs by more than 5%, with education (SDG 4) and infrastructure (SDG 9) losing over 10%.

The global construction industry is undergoing a paradigm shift driven by digital transformation and sustainability imperatives. Construction 4.0 is ...